disasters
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Disasters & Conflicts: Hurricane Irma, 2017
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Disasters & Conflicts: South Asia. Floods, 2017
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Disasters & Conflicts: Sierra Leone. Mudslides, 2017
Mudslides in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, causes hundreds of deaths.
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Review. Café Humanitair: strategies born out of necessity to survive
On Wednesday June 14, we discussed people’s strategies to survive after conflict and disaster. Read our review up here.
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Disasters & Conflicts: South Sudan, north-east Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. Famine, 2017
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Digital Humanitarians
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Disasters & Conflicts: West Africa. Disrupted by Ebola outbreak, 2014
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Disasters & Conflicts: United States. Hurricane Katrina, 2005
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Disasters & Conflicts: Vanuatu. Hurricane, 2015
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Disasters & Conflicts: Turkey. Earthquake, 1999
On 17 August 1999, the earth in the north of Turkey shakes for 37 seconds, killing at least 17,000 people.
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Disasters & Conflicts: Pakistan. Floodings, 2010
‘I’ve never seen such a disaster. It’s bigger than the tsunami in South-East Asia.’ Those are the words of the head of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, on a visit to Pakistan.
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Disasters & Conflicts: Chernobyl. Nuclear disaster, 1986
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Disasters & Conflicts: Nepal. Earthquake, 2015
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Disasters & Conflicts: Netherlands. Flooding, 1953
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Disasters & Conflicts: Myanmar. Cyclone Nargis, 2008
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Disasters & Conflicts: Japan. Seequake, 2011
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Disasters & Conflicts: Horn of Africa. Drought and hunger, 2011
Drought in the east of Africa causes the worst food crisis in 60 years.
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Disasters & Conflicts: Honduras & Nicaragua. Hurricane Mitch, 1998
In late 1998, Hurricane Mitch leaves a trail of destruction through Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
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Disasters & Conflicts: Haiti. Earthquake, 2010
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Disasters & Conflicts: Haïti. Hurricane Matthew. 2016
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Disasters & Conflicts: Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, 2013
